Eksjö Municipality
Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden
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Eksjö Municipality (Swedish: Eksjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Eksjö is seat.
Eksjö Municipality
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| Coordinates: 57°40′N 14°58′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jönköping County |
| Seat | Eksjö |
| Area | |
• Total | 873.29 km2 (337.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 799.48 km2 (308.68 sq mi) |
| • Water | 73.81 km2 (28.50 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 17,749 |
| • Density | 22.201/km2 (57.499/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0686 |
| Website | www.eksjo.se |
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Eksjö was amalgamated with three neighboring municipalities.
Localities
There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eksjö Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Eksjö Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 17,823 residents, including 13,389 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Blåsippan | 1,360 | 885 | 50.8 | 45.2 | 68 | 58 | 42 | 20,500 | 36 |
| Gamla Stan | 2,033 | 1,519 | 53.0 | 44.2 | 74 | 68 | 32 | 20,226 | 38 |
| Grevhagen | 1,899 | 1,421 | 45.5 | 52.5 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 26,612 | 44 |
| Hult | 988 | 756 | 42.4 | 56.4 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,812 | 34 |
| Höreda | 1,530 | 1,208 | 38.5 | 60.3 | 91 | 96 | 4 | 28,873 | 36 |
| Ingatorp | 1,658 | 1,284 | 39.9 | 59.0 | 73 | 78 | 22 | 21,340 | 23 |
| Kaffekullen | 1,216 | 951 | 38.8 | 60.4 | 90 | 93 | 7 | 29,799 | 46 |
| Kvarnarp | 1,462 | 1,104 | 45.6 | 52.9 | 87 | 86 | 14 | 27,612 | 40 |
| Mariannelund | 1,938 | 1,347 | 46.1 | 51.6 | 73 | 77 | 23 | 21,475 | 25 |
| Norrtull | 1,482 | 1,117 | 47.0 | 51.1 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 26,457 | 42 |
| Sjöängen | 2,257 | 1,797 | 40.0 | 58.5 | 81 | 83 | 17 | 26,122 | 45 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Natives
Albert Engström (1869-1940) was an author, poet and drawer and subsequently member of the Swedish Academy, who grew up in a small village outside of the city Eksjö.
Sister cities
(See sister city.)
